More randomness. I believe my thoughts went something along the lines of "Flying whales are neat. Flying mecha whales are even neater. Though a flying mecha whale on its own is a little dull. Clearly there needs to be mecha goldfishes too."

I did the sketch, then decided that the goldfish would be really fun to model in 3D (I've been doing a few 3D projects lately, for practice). It took a full day to model and texture, but hey, it was fun and I learned a lot in the process.

The whale and riders were painted, and the goldfish needed a fair amount of painting-over to make them fit the environment.

I had a dream last night. I was in a place that looked like skyrim and I started collecting things and put them all in a crappy wagon because I couldn't carry it all, then I saw a giant wooden blue whale flying over me. I was dumb founded and amazing. I could hear it was made of wood and it drifted/swam overhead, And I thought to myself "my self goal in to steal that ship!! I was able to see it twice before I woke up. It made me want to cry it was so beautiful.

Wow. This is both bad-ass and hilarious! Truly original, I've never seen a flying mecha whale before. This absolutely tickles the imagination!

I like how you modelled the goldfish in 3D and then painted over it, I should really try doing that! Absolutely gorgeous picture! If I had money, I would love to buy this print. It's the perfect medley of childhood dreams and space pirate adventure!

Way cool!! It kinda reminds me of that movie "Treasure Planet"...don't know why. The Goldfish Gliders (yeah, I made that up) are amazing and very believable. And the Wailing Whale (yes, again. It's wailing 'cause it's on fire) looks awesome! You're a great artist!